I seem to be having alot of trouble with viruses this year. I remember having this problem prior to diagnosis. I eat well, exercise, take plaqunil, multivitamin and motrin. I wondered if others notice they get sick frequently and it seems to take me forever to get better only to get sick again(sore throats ,sinus,chest colds ect..)Any suggestions
getting colds frequently
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Yes - yes - yes! It feels like I am either going down with something or getting better from something - only punctuated by a day or two between each episode. ......And then there are the allergies - birch tree pollen is very early this year.
Hopefully its just the time of the year!
Take care
Merle
Hopefully its just the time of the year!
Take care
Merle
Ter:
I never did suffer much...but this year has been bad so far...I am on roud three or four of Strep, Sinusitis, bronchitis, ear infections. I have been on Anti-biotics so frequently, that they caouldn't give me any this time around.
It seems I get about 7 - 10 days between bouts, very frustrating.
I am finally starting to feel better, so I am hoping that its over for a while...I would like to have a life again.
Stephanie
I never did suffer much...but this year has been bad so far...I am on roud three or four of Strep, Sinusitis, bronchitis, ear infections. I have been on Anti-biotics so frequently, that they caouldn't give me any this time around.
It seems I get about 7 - 10 days between bouts, very frustrating.
I am finally starting to feel better, so I am hoping that its over for a while...I would like to have a life again.
Stephanie
Prior to diagnosis it seemed like I got 3 colds a year, every year. In high school though I was constantly sick... a new cold virus every month with bad tonsils that eventually needed to come out. A bit more sick than average... and the true flu a couple of times in my 20s but otherwise healthy not needing antibiotics, etc. I did get a kidney infection too just prior to getting lupus diagnosis.
After diagnosis - for a while - it seemed like I got sick *less* often, and since being around young children especially I've been getting sick constantly again with multiple stomach bugs, colds, sinus infections, eye infections, etc. It's been a crazy nearly 4 years now... in the process I did discover that I am IgA deficient, and that is probably part of the reason I tend to catch everything! IgA deficiency is also linked to a higher likllihood of developing lupus or autoimmune illness too. Something like this could be a possibility for you too, but there's not much treatment for it really. For me, it's just "interesting" to know.
The only suggestion I have for you is to wash your hands more and avoid touching your nose/eyes and mouth like the plague.
Otherwise from your post you're already doing everything right!
After diagnosis - for a while - it seemed like I got sick *less* often, and since being around young children especially I've been getting sick constantly again with multiple stomach bugs, colds, sinus infections, eye infections, etc. It's been a crazy nearly 4 years now... in the process I did discover that I am IgA deficient, and that is probably part of the reason I tend to catch everything! IgA deficiency is also linked to a higher likllihood of developing lupus or autoimmune illness too. Something like this could be a possibility for you too, but there's not much treatment for it really. For me, it's just "interesting" to know.
The only suggestion I have for you is to wash your hands more and avoid touching your nose/eyes and mouth like the plague.
Otherwise from your post you're already doing everything right!Thank You all for the support and advice. I wash hands all the time and try to keep the kids away when they are sick but of course that is when they want extra cuddles!!!! Sometimes it is nice to know someone takes the time to share,it just makes life easier!!!!!Get Well, Stay Well!!!Ter
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I have no advise for you on this one. I find this to be very true for my except the exercise I get enough of that at work. I do take my aray of pills, drink my juice, and do what I can to avoid the colds. The people at work know how hard it is on me and also know it takes forever for me to get over it so they try to stay away from me and the desk area when they work. Yet this winter it seems I had a cold for 4 months. Oh well the cold company made a mint off of me and others like me this year. So if you learn the secret to getting rid of or keeping away from the common cold please do share with us.
I have no advise for you on this one. I find this to be very true for my except the exercise I get enough of that at work. I do take my aray of pills, drink my juice, and do what I can to avoid the colds. The people at work know how hard it is on me and also know it takes forever for me to get over it so they try to stay away from me and the desk area when they work. Yet this winter it seems I had a cold for 4 months. Oh well the cold company made a mint off of me and others like me this year. So if you learn the secret to getting rid of or keeping away from the common cold please do share with us.
Like Tammy I have no good advice to give you here. I can tell you that all my life growing up my siblings would catch a cold and yet I would get full blown bronchitis coupled with pneumonia. Many times I got so bad I was close to being hospitilized and things always seemed to go after my lungs.
Make sure you wash your hands frequently and possibly carry a hand sanitizer with you in your hand bag in the event you can not get to soap and water. I hope you get over this bump and start getting better.
Make sure you wash your hands frequently and possibly carry a hand sanitizer with you in your hand bag in the event you can not get to soap and water. I hope you get over this bump and start getting better.
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